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Kolkata, Dec 1 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the Eastern Region at 5 pm.
CAL 11 NL-STATEHOOD DAY Nagaland celebrates 60th statehood day Kohima: Nagaland on Thursday celebrated its 60th statehood day with Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio’s call to take forward the path of development and peace and work towards bringing a solution to the Naga political issue.
CAL 10 BH-TEJASHWI-AIDS Tejashwi voices disapproval of stigma attached to AIDS Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday strongly disapproved of the stigma that has come to be associated with HIV/AIDS.
CAL 9 NL-HORNBILL-DHANKHAR Dhankhar arrives in Nagaland to inaugurate Hornbill Festival Kohima: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday arrived in Nagaland on his maiden two-day official visit to the state.
CAL 8 AS-BANGLA-FESTIVAL First Sylhet-Silchar Festival celebrating close Indo-Bangla cultural ties to begin on Friday Guwahati: The first Sylhet-Silchar Festival celebrating the close cultural ties between the neighbouring regions of India and Bangladesh will begin in Assam"s Barak Valley on Friday, officials said.
CAL 7 JH-MAOIST-GUNFIGHT Gunfight underway between Maoists, security forces in J"khand Chaibasa: A fierce gun-battle is underway between Maoists and security forces in Jharkhand"s West Singhbhum district since Thursday morning, a senior police officer said.
CAL 6 WB-EXPLOSIVES-SEIZURE Major haul of explosives in West Bengal, 2 arrested Kolkata: In a major haul, a huge quantity of gunpowder, socket bombs and firearms were seized from a house in Kashipur area in South 24 Parganas district, a police officer said.
CAL 5 WB-HERITAGE-HOUSE-KALIGHAT-ART Requiem for a 120-year-old house at Kalighat Kolkata: Robert Louis Stevenson’s words in his poem "Requiem" – “Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie” - perhaps best describes the fate of a 120-year-old house in Kolkata"s Kalighat area which is about to be torn down.
CAL 4 TR-CLASH-ARREST Four arrested over CPI(M)-BJP clash in Tripura"s Charilam Agartala: Four people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a clash between CPI(M) and BJP activists in poll-bound Tripura"s Sepahijala district, in which one Left supporter was killed and 20 others were injured, police said on Thursday.
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